Alana is a postdoctoral fellow using molecular genetic alterations
in rodent model systems to understand mechanisms associated with
altered stress behavior and also effects of ethanol on the central
nervous system.
Christine Ratajczak
Chrissy is a graduate student in the Molecular Cell Biology
Program studying the role of circadian clock genes in the control
of the timing of birth.
Diane Brown, M.D. Ph.D.
Diane did her graduate studies at the University of California,
San Francisco, and completed her Pediatrics residency at
Washington University. She is currently a fellow in the Pediatric
Rheumatology/Immunology Program, and investigates glucocorticoid
signaling in immune system cells.
Crystal Kelley
Crystal is a Research Technician in the laboratory involved in
projects evaluating learning and memory in gene knockout mice.
Ben Kolber
Ben is a graduate student in the Neurosciences Program studying
neural pathways of control of stress behaviors.
Lindsay Wieczorek
Lindsay is a graduate student in the Neurosciences Program
studying stress effects on learning and memory.
Lisa Muglia, Ph.D.
Lisa received her Ph.D. in Pathology at the University of Chicago.
She is currently a research associate in the laboratory studying
the interaction of cyclic AMP and glucocorticoid signal
transduction pathways in neurons.
Jeffrey Roizen
Jeff is a graduate of Williams College and now a member of the
Medical Scientist Training Program. His graduate studies in the
Molecular Cell Biology Program seek to determine the function of
different prostaglandin dehydrogenase is parturition.
Sherri Vogt
Sherri a graduate in Biology from Southern Illinois University is
Senior Research Technician in the laboratory. She oversees
organization of our animal colony and performs molecular
biological and histological studies related to stress-response and
parturition pathways.
Emily DeFranco, DO
Emily is a maternal fetal medicine fellow in obstetrics and
gynecology studying the genetics of human preterm birth.
Sandip Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.
Sandip is a postdoctoral fellow studying the effects of
glucocorticoids on immune cell function.
Paul Bernard, M.D.
Paul is a fellow in pediatric endocrinology whose research
interest is the understanding the molecular mechanism of
steroid-induced bone loss.
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